Time-register.



L. H. FRIEDMAN.

TIME REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG 18. 1012.

1,076,668, Patented 0015.28, 1913.

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QWWWZMM L. H. FRIEDMAN.

TIME REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.18, 1912.

1 76,668. Patented Oct. 28' 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE.

LOUIS H. ZE RIEIDMAN, or NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.-

TIME-REGISTER.

: if/tai concern:

' [Be it known that I, LoUIs H. FRIEDMAN,

a citizen of the United States, and residing at1Norfo1k, in the county of Norfolk and iStateiof Virginia, have invented certain new "an dhseful Improvements in Time-Registers, of which the 'following is a spec fica- This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in time registers, and

i more particularly to such as are adapted for control lever of vehicles, such as an automobile, whereby, when the control lever 18 moved to a position which will permit the automobile to be operated, a registering of the time of such movement of the leverwill behut-omatically obtained, and a like automatic register of the time will be effected when the control lever is moved to a position to'permit bringing the vehicle to a stop.

A furtherobject of my invention is to utilize, in a device of this character, the clock mechanism of the device for providing a clock forthe vehicle and to arrange the timing mechanism in such manner as to permit ready access being had thereto by authorized persons, while a the same time arranged in such manner as to prevent tainpering by unautho'rized persons.

A still further object. of the invention is to provide a device which can be adapted to various forms of control levers, and which will occupy comparatively little space, with the working parts thereof securely protected from damage or tampering.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly described and then claimed, and in describing the inye'nt'i'on in detail, reference will be had indicating like parts throughoutthe different viewsfin which:

' Figured is a perspective view of a part of an"a'utoihobileillustrating an installation therein of a time register in accordance with Specification of Letters Patent.

dinal section of a time register in accordance with this invention, showing in'plan a conof the circuit closer or switch. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the timing mechanism, the case being partly broken away. lug. 5 1s a cross-sectional view through the case on line 55 of-Fig. 4-,

showing in plan the registry dial, and Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view of apart of the case illustrating the actuating electromagnets for the markers which register the time onthe registry dial when the magnets are energized. i

A practical embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that its adaptation to different types of cars will require changes and alterations to meet the existing conditions, without however, departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The illustrated embodiment shows the invention as applied to a car having a control lever located adjacent to the drivers seat. This control lever when movedin one direction operates a switch which projects into the path of movement of the lever, so that a circuit. is closed and one of the actuating magnets of the timer is energized to cause the marker to operate and register the exact time on the registry dial, and when moved in the opposite direct-ion operates the switch in a similar manner as before, but to close a different circuit and energizeanother actuating magnet and operate another marker to effect registry ofthe lever-movement on the registry dial. It will be understood that the circuit closer may be. located andbe of a form to operate with the particular type or style of control member of the car to which the inventionis applied.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a suitable case 10 which I mount at any desired pointin the car, preferably on the dash board as herein shown, .SlIlCOI prefer to utilize the cloclr-mecl1anism of-the timer as the mechanism of a clock for the vehicle. To this end, I provide a clock face 11- on the front of the case,,t he arbor shaft/12 which carries the clock hands being extended through the ClOClCdlill into the clock case 11.

The clock mechanism is of a usual type v with the exception of the changes to be this i'nventio'n. Fig. 2 is a view-in long tu- 1 herein no ed'wluch' 1t 1s necessary to make Patented 0017.28, 1913. Application filed December 18 1912. Serial No. 737,567.

in back of the hour wheel 15 is a sleeve 16- carrying a pinion 17 at its forward end and a disk 18 on its rear end. This disk 18 forms a seat or support for the registry dial 19, and in order to prevent independent rotation between the disk and said dial,'the' disk is provided with one or more pins 20 (see Fig. 4) which take into the dial 19 andinsure unitary movement of the disk and dial. The dial 19 is provided with a central aperture to receive the rear end of the arbor'12, and said end is threaded to receive a wing-nut 21. which locks the dial 19 in position. Any equivalent securing means for the-dial may be employed.

The pinion 17, in the embodiment of my invention here shown, is one half the diameter of the hour wheel 15 on the hour wheel arbor12, said hour wheel 15'being in mesh with a small pinion 22, the shaft of which also carries a pinion 23 which meshes with the pinion 17. These pinions in the present illustration are proportional in diameters so'as to provide a differential gearing in the proportion of two to one, that is, with the differential gearing illustrated, when the hour hand on the arbor 12 has made one complete revolution in twelve hours, the dial 19 will have made but one half a revolution in the same time. stood that while I have illustrated a differential gearing which effects a complete revolution of the hour hand of the clock while.

the registry dial is making but one half a revolution, that this gearing may be arranged as may be desired, that is, the gearing may be such as to effect due revolution of the registry dialto any desired number of the hour hand of the clock.

Generally, the case 10 is so mounted as to afford access to permit opening of the hinged back 10 that is normally held closed by a suitable lock I have herein shown the case 10 as supported from a curved post or upright 25 which spaces the back 10* sufiiciently far away from the dash board 26 to allow the back to be opened to insert or remove or to inspect a. registry dial. As the particular manner in which the case is supported is immaterial to the invention, I

It is to be under-- anism embodies two electro-magnets 27, 28 respectively, the former actuating, when energized, a marker for registering the start and the magnet 28 when energized operating a similar marker for registering the stop on the registry dial, the respective markings being made on the dial 19 in arcs .of circlesof different diameters so that the dial maybe easily and quickly read without confusion. The said registry dial will, it will be understood, he graduated to conform to the differential gearing employed in the clock mechanism. .That is, if the dial is designed to make butvone-half revolution in twelve hours, it willbe marked or graduated accordingly.

The rim of the dial 19 revolves between 'spaced guide-fingers 29, 30, as clearly seen in Figs. 4 and 5, which are formed by angularly bending the outer extremities of arms 29, 30 carried by the case. These guide fingers are provided with registering apertures 31, 32, respectively through which the markers protrude when actuated, and thus register the time on the registry dial.- As shown, the markers'embody pointed punches 33, 34 carried on the ends of posts 35 mounted on" one leg of angular shaped armatures 36 of the magnets 27 and 28. v

The switch or circuit closer here shown is in the form of a' member 37 pivotally .hung from the floor 38 of thecar and having one end projecting into the path of movement of the control lever 39. This switch or circuit closer when of this form is preferably pivoted closer to one end .than to the other as shown, and has the shorter leg 37* which is to be engaged by the control lever 39 given a quarter turn .so as to present the switch lever with its broadest side to the control lever, that the latter will pass out. of engagement with the switch lever the moment-the circuit is established. The said switch lever is adapted to be moved into engagement with two independent contacts 41 and 42 so as to complete two independent circuits, onewith the movement of the control lever in each direction. The switch lever is intended to be normally held -therefore out of engagement with either contact, which normal position of said lever is shown in Fig. 2, and is maintained by means of a spring 40 (see Fig. 3).

The contacts 41, 42 are disposed one on each side of the switch lever 37 near the free end of its longer leg as shown in Fig. 2, the

lever 37 being adapted to have wiping enbinding post 45 in the case 10; frombind-' ing post 15, a return wire 46 leads out through the case and to one pole of a battery -17, the other pole of which is connected. by wire 48 to a binding post 49 on the switch lever 37. Similarly, wire 50 leads from contact 42 into the case 10 and connects with wire 51 leading to magnet 28, the return wire 52 from this magnet leading to the binding post 45, the circuit being completed through the battery over the wire 46, wire 48 and switch lever 37 when the latter is in engagement with contact 42. The wires 43, 4G, 50 may if desired be inclosed within a tube or conduit 53 as shown.

\Vith the device arranged as above described and herein shown it will be observed that when the control lever 39 is moved from its rest or stop position to permit the car to be started, it engages and moves switch lever 37 into engagement with contact 41, thus closing the circuit through the battery over wires 43, 43 magnet 27, wire -l-'land wires -16 and 4:8, energizing the n'iagnct and causing the armature to actuate the punch 3 and perforate the dial 19. As soon as the lever 39 passes out of contact with the switch lever 37, the spring returns said switch lever to its normal position, thus breaking the circuit and denergizing the magnet 27 so that the dial 19 is free to continue its revolution. Similarly, when the control lever is moved in the opposite direction, so as to engage the switch lever 37 with contact 4 2, a circuit is completed through magnet 28, energizing the latter and operating punch 34 to perforate the dial 19, such perforation being made on an arc of a circle of less diameter than that in which the punch 36 does its perforating, so that the two rows of perforations may be clearly discernible and readily read.

By the aid of the device, it will be observed that a registering of the time when the car was started is automatically obtained, and a similar register of the time when the car was stopped is also obtained, so that any unauthorized use of the car can be readily detected by an inspection of the registry dial.

Although the markers are herein shown in the form of punches which perforate the dial to provide the register, it will be obvious that any equivalent marking may be employed, and that this and similar changes may be made in the details without departing fromlthe general spirit of the invention.

Havin fully described my invention, what I c aim as new is 1. In a time register for motor vehicles, the combination with the control element for the motor of such vehicle, of a switch lever mounted to project into the path of movement of said control element, a timing device embodying a clock mechanism, a registry dial carried by the hour hand arbor of said clock mechanism to be rotated thereby, a pair of electro-magnets, markers connected to the armatures of said magnets to engage the registry dial when the magnets are energized, a pair of contacts arranged one on each side of said switch lever, and a source of electrical supply in circuit with said contacts and said electro-magnets.

2. In a time register for motor vehicles, the combination with the control element of the vehicle motor, of a pivotally-mounted switch l'ever disposed to project at one end into the path of movement of the control element, a pair of contacts disposed on opposite sides of said switch lever to be alternately engaged by said lever, a timing mechanism including a registry dial and electricallyoperated marking mechanism for registering the time on said dial, a source of electrical energy for said marking mechanism, and circuits automatically closed by the switch lever when operated by said control element.

3. In a time register for automobiles, the combination with the control lever of said automobile, of a clock driven registry dial. electrically-operated marking mechanism for registering on said dial, a source of electricity for said mechanism, and circuits therefor, and a circuit closer disposed to project into the path of movement of said con trol lever to close the circuit with the movement of the lever in each of its directions of movement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS H. FRIEDMAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. SPEAR, HORACE Gr. SEITZ. 

